School Lunches
From 1st September 2025, our in-school catering will be provided by Innovate.
At Innovate, we believe that great food fuels great learning. Our new menu has been specially designed for primary school children—offering tasty, nutritious meals that support healthy growth, curious minds, and happy lunchtimes.
Innovate by name and nature. Food choice, flexibility, quality and speed are at the heart of what we do. Inspired by the best and most fashionable high street concepts, we pride ourselves on fusing fantastic quality food with the industry’s leading quick-service style food markets and cafés.
Only the highest quality produce
Everything has to start with fantastic quality and responsible food. Across our wide, diverse and ever-changing menus, we ensure that every single morsel is safe, sustainable and tastes great. We only source from farmers, wholesalers and catering butchers that are audited to UKAS-accredited standards and meet the highest possible assurance levels.
The industry’s leading technology
Powered by the latest technology, our agility and speed of service means more time with friends and less time in queues. Ask any one of our 160,000 students - there’s nothing old school about us. Our forward-thinking service and payment solutions mean we serve students faster than anyone else in the market, which alongside great food, drives industry-leading school meal uptake.
Designed for Young Appetites: We use simple, child-friendly language and offer familiar, comforting meals that help children feel confident trying new flavours—like Creamy Korma or pasta with a rich tomato and lentil sauce.
Inclusive for Every Child: We’ve developed a range of allergen-aware meals that are free from gluten, dairy, eggs, and soya—ensuring that every child can enjoy lunch safely, confidently, and without compromise on nutrition.
Parent Access to Book Meals https://app.impactfood.co.uk
School meals are available for all the children. Since September 2014, optional free school meals have been offered to all Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 children.
Families in Key Stage 2, in receipt of certain benefits, may qualify for free school meals. If you think your child may be eligible for Free School Meals, please complete a form available here. Please hand in the completed form to the school office.
Packed Lunches
Many parents prefer their children to have a packed lunch. Can we please encourage parents to provide children with packed lunches that complement the Government Food Lunch Standards (see https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/food-guidelines-and-food-labels/the-eatwell-guide/). This is achieved by promoting healthy packed lunch options using the principles of the ’Eatwell Plate’.
A healthy, balanced and nutritious packed lunch should include foods from the following:
- A portion of starchy food to give your child energy for the afternoon;
- At least one portion of fruit and/or vegetable;
- A portion of meat, fish, eggs, beans and other non-dairy sources of protein;
- A portion of milk or dairy foods. Please try to avoid foods and drinks high in saturated, fat, sugar and/or salt.
Packed lunches should be brought to school in a named lunch box. Drink containers should be watertight (no cans or glass bottles please) with a straw or cup provided. Nuts and nut products are strictly not allowed, so please do not send your child into school with any foods (lunch boxes, morning snacks or birthday surprises) containing them. In addition, the inclusion of fizzy drinks is also not permitted.
The system is flexible, and the children may change between school lunches and home-packed lunches on a weekly basis.
Primary support contact details for parents that have any questions:
Primary Support Team
primary@impactfood.co.uk
Telephone: 0204 542 7211
Monday – Friday, 8.30am – 5.00pm
